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Annual Shrone City Mass postponed for a week

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By Sean Moriarty

Shrone locals - who for decades have celebrated a very special Mass every May – have kindly agreed to postpone it by a week – to facilitate this year’s Rally of the Lakes.

The outdoor Mass in the City of Shrone in Rathmore was due to take place on May 5, but will not happen until the following Sunday, May 12 at1.30pm.

Road closures in the area take place from 1pm to 6.30pm on Sunday, May 5 as the annual Rally of the Lakes is passing through.

The Mass takes place at an ancient burial ground annually in early May. On the site is an ogham stone and a megalithic tomb in the townland of Aunaskirtane and it’s considered to be the oldest still revered spiritual site in western Europe, and may have been founded by the Tuatha de Danann over 10,000 years ago.

Rally officials met with local parish priest Fr Anthony O’Sullivan last week who kindly agreed to postpone the event.

“It is a tradition that has been going on the area for years and years,” Fr O’Sullivan told the Killarney Advertiser.

The City, known as Cathair Crobh Dearg in the shadow of the Pap Mountains, was an ancient pilgrimage site going back to pre-Christian times. Right down through the ages, through Druidism and Paganism and through many mutations of human searching, religious ceremonies have been enacted on this site, he added.

“Over the years like other sites such as Croagh Patrick, it has been Christianised. In modern times Mass is celebrated in ‘The City’ on the first Sunday in May, since about 1983. In 2017, Bishop Ray came to celebrate the Mass with us. They come from the Cork side and the Clonkeen side and many people walk there. Please spread the word especially to people who attend annually and are not in our parish.”

 

 

 

 

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Maine Valley Golf Club raises €13,050

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Maine Valley Members Golf Club hosted a Comfort for Chemo Golf Fundraiser in memory of Kathy Scannell. The fundraiser was a great success raising €13,050. Clonkeen Forestry Services sponsored the event, and a cheque  was presented to Mary Fitzgerald, Paul McCarthy and Mary Horgan on behalf of Comfort for Chemo.

Maine Valley Members Golf Club and Clonkeen Forestry services would like to thank all those who sponsored T-boxes, golf teams, and those who purchased tickets for the event. They would also like to thank Tom Barry from Killarney Printing for all the print works.

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Dóchas Drama Group’s series of short plays  is go!

The Dóchas Drama Group will run a series of short plays at the Muckross Schoolhouse from December 5 to 7. The group’s annual performance has been switched to the Muckross […]

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The Dóchas Drama Group will run a series of short plays at the Muckross Schoolhouse from December 5 to 7.

The group’s annual performance has been switched to the Muckross venue as its traditional base – the ballroom in the Killarney Avenue Hotel is being refurbished.

“If you are fed up with the incessant rain and constant bad news. Do you need a break? Are tired of listening to advice about your Christmas cake recipe? There is a perfect solution,” said the group’s Liz Ryan.

“We will present six short plays and some of the questions you may ask yourself are: 

“Why is Jane suddenly so honest?

“What did happen on December 9. Will Tiffany be promoted? Will Mags eventually find love?

“Can lost love be re-kindled? What do grandparents get up to when they’re babysitting?

For answers to these questions and more, come along to Muckross Schoolhouse on December 5, 6 and 7.”

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